Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 28.04
Liaison Jodi Kennedy
Submission Date July 5, 2022

STARS v2.2

Georgia Southern University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.61 / 1.00 Adrianne McCollar
Director of Custodial & Grounds
Custodial & Grounds
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
122,347.20 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
36,294.27 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
124,134.50 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
114,364.79 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
A representative sample was used to estimate the annual expenditures. The sample had figures for an 8 month period. The monthly cost was then calculated using this sample and the average monthly cost was then used to estimate annual expenditures.

(7/1/21 - 3/3/22 cleaning chemical) expenditures on cleaning products
expenditures on cleaning products: $81,564.80

(7/1/21 - 3/3/22 Cleaning Chemicals) expenditures on certified green cleaning products
certified green cleaning products: $24,196.18

(7/1/21 - 3/1/22) expenditures on janitorial paper products
expenditures on janitorial paper products: $82,756.33

(7/1/21 - 3/1/22) Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products
green janitorial paper products: $76,243.19

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
61.12

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Green Cleaning Products Expense sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yc7SJqM435f1UURfMIyYYktFjlyPQNTQ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100810443145280474067&rtpof=true&sd=true

Reference of cleaning products:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b7ofocU0IuBVMth1ulKlNrp5IXlj3kBb/view?usp=sharing

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